Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Research Unit of Advanced Robotics and Human-Centered Technologies, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy.
J Neural Eng. 2024 Sep 3;21(5). doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad716d.
The somatosensory system is widely studied to understand its functioning mechanisms. Multiple tests, based on different devices and methods, have been performed not only on humans but also on animals andmodels. Depending on the nature of the sample under analysis and on the scientific aims of interest, several solutions for experimental stimulation and for investigations on sensation or pain have been adopted. In this review paper, an overview of the available devices and methods has been reported, also analyzing the representative values adopted during literature experiments. Among the various physical stimulations used to study the somatosensory system, we focused only on mechanical and thermal ones. Based on the analysis of their main features and on literature studies, we pointed out the most suitable solution for humans, rodents, andmodels and investigation aims (sensation and pain).
感觉系统被广泛研究以了解其功能机制。已经基于不同的设备和方法对其进行了多项测试，不仅针对人类，还针对动物和模型。根据分析样本的性质和感兴趣的科学目标，已经采用了几种用于实验刺激和感觉或疼痛研究的解决方案。在这篇综述论文中，报告了可用设备和方法的概述，还分析了文献实验中采用的代表性值。在用于研究感觉系统的各种物理刺激中，我们仅关注机械和热刺激。基于对它们主要特征的分析和文献研究，我们为人类、啮齿动物和模型以及研究目的（感觉和疼痛）指出了最合适的解决方案。
